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CVE-2017-16731

N/A
Published: December 20, 2017 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:09 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorEllipse

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%

Description

An Unprotected Transport of Credentials issue was discovered in ABB Ellipse 8.3 through Ellipse 8.9 released prior to December 2017 (including Ellipse Select). A vulnerability exists in the authentication of Ellipse to LDAP/AD using the LDAP protocol. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by sniffing local network traffic, allowing the discovery of authentication credentials.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Ellipse· Hitachi Energy
95%
8.3.0 ≤ v ≤ 8.9.0

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-353-01

CVSS

2.9LOW[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-523CWE-522

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